boogeyman

Example Sentences

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What Mr. Ahamed withholds are the strong, respectable arguments to embrace, not to shun, the boogeyman that Federal Reserve economists style “deflation” but that a layman might rather recognize as human progress.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

Artificial intelligence could be the boogeyman that gnaws at market share.

From Barron's • Feb. 4, 2026

With Moses as boogeyman, we are spared the more challenging question: Why did his worst decisions seem like such great ideas to so many people in the first place?

From Slate • Sep. 16, 2024

“It’s a device that as a father and a grandfather I’ve used — the boogeyman will get you if you don’t watch out.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2024

“There were?” says Garrett, wide-eyed, like someone just proved to him that the boogeyman was real.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman